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Before I’d Be A Slave is a four-page piano piece written by Undine Moore in 1953. It is graded as advanced level of difficulty. The piece was commissioned by Barbara Hollis for the Modern Dance Group, Virginia State College.

Fugue in F major  is a contrapuntal work written in three voices for piano. The piece is written in sonata allegro form as the composer clearly stated where exposition, development, and recapitulation begin. Only three

Scherzo is a three-page piano piece written by Undine Smith Moore in 1976. It is appropriate for an advanced student. Marked as “Very Fast,” with the quarter note equal to 120 or 126, and having an interesting combined

The Romantic Young Clown is a four-page character piece written by Undine Smith Moore on March 12, 1952 and dedicated to her daughter, Mary Hardie. The piece is appropriate for an advanced level student.The structure of the

The Four Moods for Piano were composed in 1993. The first (Playfully) uses the upper and lower extremes of the piano for contrasting effects. Although a lot of Alston’s music has driving rhythms, this piece sounds

The Four Moods for Piano were composed in 1993. The second piece features repeated notes on the low end of the piano. It is dissonant and has impressionistic elements like repeated notes used for texture. Rhythm is central to this piece,

The Four Moods for Piano were composed in 1993. The third piece is marked “sweet and singing, rubato always.” Frequent rhythmic interruptions make it difficult to be always singing, although there are chromatic, Chopin-like groups of notes

The Four Moods for Piano were composed in 1993. The fourth mood, Joyfully, is fast paced and rhythmic. It seems like the most technically challenging of the four pieces, mostly because of the speed. The dissonance and syncopation give this

These variations are inspired by the song “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” written by John Rosamund Johnson with lyrics by James Weldon Johnson for a group that was celebrating Abraham Lincoln’s birthday in the year 1900. It was sung

The first Rhapsody in this set is 4.5 pages. It is marked “well marked with motion.” It features rhapsodic elements typical of the romantic period like switching between duple and triple rhythms. One of the frequent rhythmic